BIOREMEDIATION: A SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE FOR REMEDIATING TANNERY EFFLUENT-CONTAMINATED SOIL DOI Creative Commons
Aminu Muhammad Gusau, Aminu Yusuf Fardami

FUDMA Journal of Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9(2), С. 193 - 208

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025

Tannery effluent poses significant risks to soil health, primarily through contamination with heavy metals like chromium, sulphides, and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). These toxic substances inhibit microbial activity, reducing nutrient cycling matter decomposition essential for fertility. Beneficial microorganisms, including nitrogen-fixing bacteria, are particularly affected, leading altered communities dominated by less advantageous, metal-tolerant species. Accumulation of POPs disrupts enzymatic activities, interferes plant root growth, complicates remediation efforts due pollutant migration groundwater potential entry into the food chain. Prolonged exposure such contaminants diminishes fertility, reduces resilience, ecosystem services, posing threats agricultural productivity environmental health. This review was aimed outline what made bioremediation a superior treatment technology among other methods used in remediating tannery contaminated soil. Efforts mitigate impacts involve combination physical, chemical, biological technologies. Physical washing, flushing, thermal desorption focus on removing or isolating contaminants, while chemical approaches as oxidation, reduction, stabilization transform harmful forms immobilize them. Biological leverages microorganisms plants detoxify sustainably. Bioremediation strategies aid bioaugmentation biostimulation do enhance activity address inorganic effectively more than physical methods. Another excellent called phytoremediation can also effectively, Achieving better technique should be coupled stringent industrial regulations, sustainable tanning methods, stakeholder awareness

Язык: Английский

BIOSURFACTANT PROPERTIES AND ITS APPLICATION IN CHROMIUM REMOVAL: A REVIEW DOI Creative Commons

Usman Ali Bukar,

Abdullahi Hassan Kawo,

Sani Yahaya

и другие.

FUDMA Journal of Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9(1), С. 273 - 287

Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2025

Chromium contamination primarily originates from anthropogenic activities such as industrial discharges, mining operations, and the improper disposal of chromium-containing products, leading to its infiltration into soil groundwater. The persistence chromium in environment poses severe ecological health risks, including bioaccumulation aquatic organisms adverse effects on plant growth microbes. Human exposure through contaminated water or occupational settings is linked respiratory problems, skin disorders, heightened cancer risk. Addressing these challenges necessitates sustainable remediation approaches, highlighting potential biosurfactants eco-friendly alternatives conventional methods. This review was aimed provide an overview different properties application removal, covering key aspects introduction future perspectives. Biosurfactants microbial-derived surface-active agents, exhibit that make them highly effective reducing contamination. Their biodegradability, low toxicity, renewable production ensure minimal environmental impact. Moreover, their amphiphilic nature enhances bioavailability, facilitating microbial uptake reduction. Certain chelate metal ions, preventing migration secondary contamination, while synergistic interactions with microorganisms improve efficiency. By supporting transformation toxic Cr (VI) less harmful (III) promoting precipitation insoluble compounds, offer a versatile solution for mitigating pollution.

Язык: Английский

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BIOREMEDIATION: A SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE FOR REMEDIATING TANNERY EFFLUENT-CONTAMINATED SOIL DOI Creative Commons
Aminu Muhammad Gusau, Aminu Yusuf Fardami

FUDMA Journal of Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9(2), С. 193 - 208

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025

Tannery effluent poses significant risks to soil health, primarily through contamination with heavy metals like chromium, sulphides, and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). These toxic substances inhibit microbial activity, reducing nutrient cycling matter decomposition essential for fertility. Beneficial microorganisms, including nitrogen-fixing bacteria, are particularly affected, leading altered communities dominated by less advantageous, metal-tolerant species. Accumulation of POPs disrupts enzymatic activities, interferes plant root growth, complicates remediation efforts due pollutant migration groundwater potential entry into the food chain. Prolonged exposure such contaminants diminishes fertility, reduces resilience, ecosystem services, posing threats agricultural productivity environmental health. This review was aimed outline what made bioremediation a superior treatment technology among other methods used in remediating tannery contaminated soil. Efforts mitigate impacts involve combination physical, chemical, biological technologies. Physical washing, flushing, thermal desorption focus on removing or isolating contaminants, while chemical approaches as oxidation, reduction, stabilization transform harmful forms immobilize them. Biological leverages microorganisms plants detoxify sustainably. Bioremediation strategies aid bioaugmentation biostimulation do enhance activity address inorganic effectively more than physical methods. Another excellent called phytoremediation can also effectively, Achieving better technique should be coupled stringent industrial regulations, sustainable tanning methods, stakeholder awareness

Язык: Английский

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